Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trehalase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tre-ha-lase
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glycoside hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of trehalose to glucose, found in most animals.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From trehalose + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: trehalose

Usage

Inflected Forms

trehalases (plural)

Questions

What does trehalase mean?: A glycoside hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of trehalose to glucose, found in most animals.
Where does trehalase come from?: From trehalose + -ase.

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